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{{short description|1996 film by C. Ranganathan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Coimbatore Mappillai
| image = Coimbatore Mappillai.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[C. Ranganathan]]
| producer = M. S. V. Murali
| writer = [[C. Ranganathan]]
| starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Sanghavi]]
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = R. Raja Ratnam
| editing = C. Cedrick
| studio = Shree Vijayalakshmi Movieland
| distributor =
| released = 15 January 1996
| runtime = 134 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Coimbatore Mappillai''''' ({{translation|The Groom from Coimbatore}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[C. Ranganathan]]. It stars [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Sanghavi]]. The film's score and music was composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]. It was released on 15 January 1996 coinciding [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=koyambathur%20mappillai&type=|title=Coimbatore Mappillai|access-date=2013-09-18|publisher=cinesouth}}</ref> The film ended as a hit at the box office as it released on Pongal Festival, marking Vijay's favourable success streak with his other film releases on Pongal day.<ref name="Behindwoods 2017">{{cite web | title=13 Pongal releases for Vijay | website=Behindwoods | date=Jan 3, 2017 | url=http://m.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/13-pongal-releases-for-vijay/index.html | access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Balu ([[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]) comes to the modern city and stays with his friend Gopal ([[Goundamani]]), who claims he has a job. Actually, he is also unemployed. Both of them are tenants of a girl named Sumithra ([[Sanghavi]]). First, Balu and Sumithra get into fights, but then their arguments and fights turn into love. Meanwhile, Sumithra's cousin Mahesh ([[Karan (actor)|Karan]]) is also in love with her. One day, Balu witnesses a thief stealing a necklace, and when he tries to catch him, the thief inserts the necklace in Balu's pocket, and Balu is blamed for stealing it. Sumithra starts hating Balu. Taking advantage of this situation, Mahesh creates a rift between them by hiring goons to attack them, and he blames Balu for that too. Balu explains his sad story to her grandmother Paattiamma ([[Nirmalamma]]) that he lost his mother during small age and could not endure the torture of his stepmother, so he escaped from home. Paatiamma believes him, but Mahesh takes revenge by setting up wires and making her paralyzed. In the hospital, Sumithra overhears Mahesh and his father ([[Vinu Chakravarthy]]) wanting to kill her to steal their colony. Balu pays the medical bills and attempts to commit suicide, but Sumithra saves him. Mahesh, who tried to kill him, is killed in a stampede. The film ends with Balu and Sumithra living happily.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Balu
*[[Sanghavi]] as Sumithra
*[[Goundamani]] as Gopal
*[[Senthil]] as White
*[[Nirmalamma]] as Paattimaa, Sumithra and Mahesh's grandmother
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Mahesh, Sumithra's cousin
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Mahesh's father
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Traffic Police Ponraj
*[[Mahendran (actor)|Master Mahendran]] as Sumithra's neighbor
*[[LIC Narasimhan]] as Doctor
*[[Bonda Mani]] as Tenant
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] as Monkey Charmer
*[[Sethu Vinayagam]] as J. P.
*Chaplin Balu as Cycle Shop Owner
*J. Lalitha as Balu's stepmother
*[[Karuppu Subbiah]] as Tenant
*[[Udayaraj|Master Udayaraj]] as young Balu
*[[Silk Smitha]] as [[item number|special appearance]] in the song "Annamalai Deepam"
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=523|title=Coimbatore Mappillai Songs|access-date=2013-09-18|publisher=starmusiq}}</ref> Popular [[Bollywood]] playback singer [[Sadhana Sargam]] recorded her first Tamil song for this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/composer-vidyasagar-traces-his-musical-journey/article26202928.ece|title=Weaving magic with music|access-date=2019-02-07|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" width="60%"
!No.
! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics
!Length
|-
|1
| "Annamalai Deepam" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]] || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|4:31
|-
|2
| "Coimbatore Mappillaikku" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]
|4:31
|-
|3
| "Jeevan En Jeevan" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || P. R. C. Balu
|4:42
|-
|4
| "Oru Theithi Paarthal" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Mahalakshmi Iyer || rowspan=2|Vaali
|4:32
|-
|5
| "Bombai Party" || Vijay, [[Shahul Hameed]]
|4:24
|-
|}

== In popular culture ==
The film villain background music suddenly went viral in 2018 due to the word "Shroovv".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/oct/09/something-like-shroov-now-trending-really-shows-power-of-cinema-karan-1882816.html|title=Something like 'Shroov' now trending really shows power of cinema: Karan|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> In one of the scenes where Vijay's character talks to his grandmother about Karan's character, and the latter's appearance is seen along with the background music "Shroovv", thus earned him the title "the Shroov star".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/wherever-i-go-people-say-shroov-shroov/article25121610.ece|title='Wherever I go, people say, Shroov, Shroov'|date=2018-10-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-11|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt6823220}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:1996 romantic comedy films]]

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